This course covers two distinct areas of biochemistry. The first part explains the importance of water, functions and hierarchical structure of biological macromolecules such as protein, lipid, carbohydrate and nucleic acid and their assembly into complexes responsible for specific biological processes. The second part will cover the major metabolic pathways and their interconnection into highly regulated networks. The practical portion of the course will expose students to basic experimental approach in biochemistry such as the importance of buffers, pH and enzyme kinetics.